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Summary
Distribution of income in the United States of America from 1967 through 2003. Numbers are normalized to 2003 United States dollars. The data source is DeNavas-Walt, Carmen; Bernadette D. Proctor, Robert J. Mills (08 2004). " Table A-3: Selected Measures of Household Income Dispersion: 1967 to 2003" (PDF) (in English). Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2003 36-37. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on 16 June 2007.
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The data file entitled "income-distribution-data" is as follows:
# Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2003 # Carmen DeNavas-Walt, Bernadette D. Proctor, Robert J. Mills # August 2004 # U.S. Census Bureau # U.S. Department of Commerce # Table A-3: Selected Measures of Household Income Dispersion: 1967 to 2003 # pages 36-37 # Household Income at Selected Percentiles # Percentile # (median) #Year 10th 20th 50th 80th 90th 95th 1967 7790 14002 33338 55265 70443 88678 1968 8472 14912 34746 56937 71799 89076 1969 8600 15369 36074 59772 76117 93743 1970 8435 15126 35832 60148 76719 95090 1971 8446 14927 35463 59708 76599 94818 1972 9009 15434 36953 62878 80793 101215 1973 9314 15844 37700 64500 82360 102243 1974 9401 16064 36537 63477 81577 101433 1975 9125 15143 35559 61765 78652 98484 1976 9168 15615 36155 63247 80701 100839 1977 9259 15573 36359 64564 81742 104377 1978 9745 16398 38693 67874 87110 109348 1979 9589 16457 38649 68318 88588 111445 1980 9515 15977 37447 67028 86692 108894 1981 9280 15772 36868 66878 86401 108822 1982 9216 15548 36811 66920 87717 111516 1983 9167 15769 36593 68154 88712 113187 1984 9542 16175 37767 70092 92299 117253 1985 9583 16306 38510 71433 93483 119459 1986 9526 16586 39868 73853 97043 125264 1987 9452 16724 40357 74893 98333 125321 1988 9817 17006 40678 75593 101339 127958 1989 10315 17329 41411 76946 103865 131443 1990 9965 17059 40865 75341 101857 129307 1991 9776 16580 39679 74759 100833 126969 1992 9655 16190 39364 74533 101023 127230 1993 9635 16256 39165 75594 103010 131178 1994 9914 16484 39613 77154 104890 134835 1995 10501 17261 40845 78061 106436 135448 1996 10474 17239 41431 79395 108450 139541 1997 10588 17601 42294 81719 112241 144636 1998 10979 18164 43825 84529 114396 148995 1999 11420 18915 44922 87459 118969 156744 2000 11304 19142 44853 87341 119636 155121 2001 11105 18674 43882 86771 118080 156395 2002 10863 18326 43381 85941 116726 153438 2003 10536 17984 43318 86867 118200 154120
The command file (entitled "commands") is as follow:
set terminal svg size 1000 400 fname "Arial" fsize 20 enhanced set grid back lw 1 set border 3 set ytics nomirror set xtics nomirror set key top left Left reverse width -8 spacing 0.5 samplen 1 set ylabel "Income in 2003 US$" font "Arial,24" 1,0 set size ratio 0.4 # Skipping linetype (lt) 4; it's cyan and not very dark against white backgrounds. plot "income-distribution-data" using 1:7 with lines lw 2 lt 7 title "95th percentile", "income-distribution-data" using 1:6 with lines lw 2 lt 6 title "90th percentile", "income-distribution-data" using 1:5 with lines lw 2 lt 5 title "80th percentile", "income-distribution-data" using 1:4 with lines lw 2 lt 3 title "50th percentile", "income-distribution-data" using 1:3 with lines lw 2 lt 2 title "20th percentile", "income-distribution-data" using 1:2 with lines lw 2 lt 1 title "10th percentile"
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gnuplot < commands > out.svg
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| current | 17:09, 16 June 2007 | 1,000×400 (14 KB) | Alan De Smet ( Talk | contribs) | (Fix wonky overlarge key box.) |
| revert | 17:02, 16 June 2007 | 1,000×400 (14 KB) | Alan De Smet ( Talk | contribs) | (Make legend bigger) |
| revert | 16:58, 16 June 2007 | 1,000×400 (14 KB) | Alan De Smet ( Talk | contribs) | (Correct labelling.) |
| revert | 16:44, 16 June 2007 | 1,000×400 (14 KB) | Alan De Smet ( Talk | contribs) | (Minor tweak to last, hoping to fix aspect ratio problem.) |
| revert | 16:41, 16 June 2007 | 256×256 (14 KB) | Alan De Smet ( Talk | contribs) | (Distribution of income in the United States of America from 1967 through 2003. The data source is {{cite web | url = http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/p60-226.pdf | title = Table A-3: Selected Measures of Household Income Dispersion: 1967 to 2003 |) |
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